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Leica releases a full-frame "S Light" with class-topping, high-end specs (and extensive weather sealing) for pretty much the same cost as their M and people go bananas. The MTFs for the first available SL lens look absolutely superb as well.

The *specs are fantastic* and, from all accounts, the body is robust and heavily weather-sealed (as are the lenses). Extremely fast autofocus, possibly faster than anyone at this point.This is definitely a professional tool, not a consumer camera. The MTF charts for the native 24-90 look superb.

If this lives up to the specifications, the price seems reasonable to me. Compare the specs of a EOS-1D C...then compare the price.

Would love to shoot with one.

Very similar to the S interface. The four buttons around the screen do different things in different modes and depending on how long they're pushed. Customizable as well. The four way joystick is also a button and the scroll wheel is also a button. In practice its a quick and comprehensive UI.

The *specs are fantastic* and, from all accounts, the body is robust and heavily weather-sealed (as are the lenses). Extremely fast autofocus, possibly faster than anyone at this point.This is definitely a professional tool, not a consumer camera. The MTF charts for the native 24-90 look superb.

If this lives up to the specifications, the price seems reasonable to me. Compare the specs of a EOS-1D C...then compare the price.

Carbon111: I cant think of another B&W camera out there without a Bayer filter - no demosaicing needed. Every photosite is used for a tonal value.

Paired with Leica glass it's absolutely superb!

Wish I could justify/afford getting a Monochrom.

Had a DP1 Merrill. Really fabulous images but the *worst* workflow ever...Sigma's software is clunky as hell. Absolutely painful to use. Excruciatingly slow, even on a Core i7. Really ruined it for me. :(Exporting TIFFS to lightroom was a crappy compromise - the images lost all of their dynamic range regardless of the bit depth of the export.

Carbon111: A lot of unfounded hate here for what is obviously very much a niche product.

The interface is relatively unique for a camera. We'll probably be seeing a lot more cameras that are more phone-like in this regard.

Leica doesn't produce these in the same kinds of numbers as a Canon or a Nikon would and there is a lot of machined metal used in the design so they will obviously have a much higher cost than similar cameras from other brands. The lenses may be pricey as well but the DNG files I've seen so far have been very nice indeed.

I think it extremely unlikely that there was any real subterfuge or perfidy on Leica's part, especially when anyone with a Raw converter could see there was distortion correction of the wide end of the zoom.

These will probably sell very well and I say good for them. Probably not for me but an interesting piece of industrial design nonetheless.

Indeed. It will be interesting to see how it does. It's still very much a niche product so I'm not expecting them to make too many but I hope they sell the ones they do.

My local camera store has a few preorders - none of them mine. I still want to play with it first. We'll see if it has unicorn halitosis or not. ;)

Carbon111: A lot of unfounded hate here for what is obviously very much a niche product.

The interface is relatively unique for a camera. We'll probably be seeing a lot more cameras that are more phone-like in this regard.

Leica doesn't produce these in the same kinds of numbers as a Canon or a Nikon would and there is a lot of machined metal used in the design so they will obviously have a much higher cost than similar cameras from other brands. The lenses may be pricey as well but the DNG files I've seen so far have been very nice indeed.

I think it extremely unlikely that there was any real subterfuge or perfidy on Leica's part, especially when anyone with a Raw converter could see there was distortion correction of the wide end of the zoom.

These will probably sell very well and I say good for them. Probably not for me but an interesting piece of industrial design nonetheless.

Carbon111: A lot of unfounded hate here for what is obviously very much a niche product.

The interface is relatively unique for a camera. We'll probably be seeing a lot more cameras that are more phone-like in this regard.

Leica doesn't produce these in the same kinds of numbers as a Canon or a Nikon would and there is a lot of machined metal used in the design so they will obviously have a much higher cost than similar cameras from other brands. The lenses may be pricey as well but the DNG files I've seen so far have been very nice indeed.

I think it extremely unlikely that there was any real subterfuge or perfidy on Leica's part, especially when anyone with a Raw converter could see there was distortion correction of the wide end of the zoom.

These will probably sell very well and I say good for them. Probably not for me but an interesting piece of industrial design nonetheless.

In my opinion, it's a decent price for something built in that manner with those materials. :)

Sure, it'd be *much* cheaper if made as a chassis/shell system instead of a unibody. It'd also be cheaper made from different materials and in greater numbers in, say, Guiyang...but it's not so it isn't. ;)

Carbon111: A lot of unfounded hate here for what is obviously very much a niche product.

The interface is relatively unique for a camera. We'll probably be seeing a lot more cameras that are more phone-like in this regard.

Leica doesn't produce these in the same kinds of numbers as a Canon or a Nikon would and there is a lot of machined metal used in the design so they will obviously have a much higher cost than similar cameras from other brands. The lenses may be pricey as well but the DNG files I've seen so far have been very nice indeed.

I think it extremely unlikely that there was any real subterfuge or perfidy on Leica's part, especially when anyone with a Raw converter could see there was distortion correction of the wide end of the zoom.

These will probably sell very well and I say good for them. Probably not for me but an interesting piece of industrial design nonetheless.

You'd obviously be using the camera in a completely different manner than me, that's fine. (As an example, I doubt I'd ever use the touch screen to select a focus point.)

If it's not a good fit for you then so be it. Why lean so hard on it?

Just because I have a Leica M, I'm not adverse to other camera brands at all - I've shot Canon SLR/DSLR for years and also have a number of other cameras, both film and digital, from Ricoh, Sony and others - each filling a particular niche. Any perceived brand loyalty probably has more to do with my collection of M-mount lenses more than anything else.

I'm looking forward to trying this one out. We'll see.

If I do end up with one, I'll use it to take pictures, not as a fashionable ornament, I promise. ^_^

Carbon111: A lot of unfounded hate here for what is obviously very much a niche product.

The interface is relatively unique for a camera. We'll probably be seeing a lot more cameras that are more phone-like in this regard.

Leica doesn't produce these in the same kinds of numbers as a Canon or a Nikon would and there is a lot of machined metal used in the design so they will obviously have a much higher cost than similar cameras from other brands. The lenses may be pricey as well but the DNG files I've seen so far have been very nice indeed.

I think it extremely unlikely that there was any real subterfuge or perfidy on Leica's part, especially when anyone with a Raw converter could see there was distortion correction of the wide end of the zoom.

These will probably sell very well and I say good for them. Probably not for me but an interesting piece of industrial design nonetheless.

Still probably not for me as I generally prefer a more tactile UI - but I still want to see it *in person* before I dismiss it out of hand. :)

Regardless, it's nice to see interesting industrial design. Looks more "Bauhaus" or "Braun" than "Apple" to me...

Carbon111: A lot of unfounded hate here for what is obviously very much a niche product.

The interface is relatively unique for a camera. We'll probably be seeing a lot more cameras that are more phone-like in this regard.

Leica doesn't produce these in the same kinds of numbers as a Canon or a Nikon would and there is a lot of machined metal used in the design so they will obviously have a much higher cost than similar cameras from other brands. The lenses may be pricey as well but the DNG files I've seen so far have been very nice indeed.

I think it extremely unlikely that there was any real subterfuge or perfidy on Leica's part, especially when anyone with a Raw converter could see there was distortion correction of the wide end of the zoom.

These will probably sell very well and I say good for them. Probably not for me but an interesting piece of industrial design nonetheless.

I just want the T because, as Pogue says, unicorns breathe on it. ;)

Many folks who have used it seem to have gelled with it. The fully customizable menu looks appealing. It's minimalism is attractive. If I had one, I'd probably use it in aperture priority mode with the left wheel as exposure comp and the right one aperture. That's all I'd need...Probably wouldn't access anything else while shooting, other than the shutter button of course. :)

The images I've seen from it are very nice, it certainly seems capable enough. The build quality looks superb.

I'm waiting until I can see one in person. I shoot full-frame Leica (digital) and Zeiss (film) rangefinders right now but it would be fun to have an auto-focus camera I could also use my existing glass with EXIF.

I occasionally use a NEX 6 with the aforementioned lenses but have found it rather fiddly. I had a A7r for a while but it was terrible in that role - great with its own lenses but I don't need another "library" of lenses.

Carbon111: A lot of unfounded hate here for what is obviously very much a niche product.

The interface is relatively unique for a camera. We'll probably be seeing a lot more cameras that are more phone-like in this regard.

Leica doesn't produce these in the same kinds of numbers as a Canon or a Nikon would and there is a lot of machined metal used in the design so they will obviously have a much higher cost than similar cameras from other brands. The lenses may be pricey as well but the DNG files I've seen so far have been very nice indeed.

I think it extremely unlikely that there was any real subterfuge or perfidy on Leica's part, especially when anyone with a Raw converter could see there was distortion correction of the wide end of the zoom.

These will probably sell very well and I say good for them. Probably not for me but an interesting piece of industrial design nonetheless.

Some apparently know enough about an unreleased camera to denigrate others who show any interest in it. That's some serious emotional investment to assume that anyone with a different opinion to their own is somehow intrinsically "wrong". :/

Skipper494: Most of these shots are not even sharp (see the single flower) and have considerable purple fringing. Certainly not up to the standard of DP's own samples with the Fuji S2 Pro, so many years ago.

Carbon111: A lot of unfounded hate here for what is obviously very much a niche product.

The interface is relatively unique for a camera. We'll probably be seeing a lot more cameras that are more phone-like in this regard.

Leica doesn't produce these in the same kinds of numbers as a Canon or a Nikon would and there is a lot of machined metal used in the design so they will obviously have a much higher cost than similar cameras from other brands. The lenses may be pricey as well but the DNG files I've seen so far have been very nice indeed.

I think it extremely unlikely that there was any real subterfuge or perfidy on Leica's part, especially when anyone with a Raw converter could see there was distortion correction of the wide end of the zoom.

These will probably sell very well and I say good for them. Probably not for me but an interesting piece of industrial design nonetheless.

Completely different cameras for different audiences. I have a NEX6 and the 6000 is very similar...I guarantee the T is nothing like a Sony. ;)The firmware hasn't been finalized yet so I'm sure you'll be able to turn off image review. Image quality is certainly not lacking, I've viewed some DNGs that are promising indeed and thought the 100% crops in this review indicated that the T is more than capable:http://www.reddotforum.com/content.php/343-Leica-T-%28Typ-701%29-Review

People's real problem is with the price. For what it is, I think the price isn't bad.